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my TOP picks for G-SHOT 2011 Best Customized

2012-01-27T22:50:00.000+08:00

We ( all the 5 judges ) are currently judging the Best Customized category at G-SHOT 2011. Gundam Guy has announced the winner of Best Straight Build and Best Paint Job already and we will have the results of the Best in Customized very soon! 3 of the 5 judges ( including yours truly ) has casted our votes... so results will be up soon guys!

Much like the previous two categories, the Best Customized category proves to be as difficult to judge. Tons of great entries from all over the world! Previous Filipino Bandai champions Angelo Guibone and Eric Capucion has joined the fun. Top up and coming masters and modelers such as Jonathan Kaminski MatX and Gian Paparo are also on my top picks! Matt Tomczek, the winner in Best Paint Job also has an entry! All great stuff and I have my top 10 picks in random order in this post!

Do check out the official post at Gundam Guy's for more and bigger photos of all the entries! Here is the link guys...

G-SHOT 2011 Best Customized category

G-SHOT 2011 Best in Paint Job - Matt Tomczek

2012-01-26T02:15:00.000+08:00

Good friend and MAC forums VIP member Matt Tomczek of the US just won in the Best in Paint Job category at Gundam Guy's G-Shot 2011 Gunpla Photo Contest!

Lots of great entries in the Best in Paint Job Category but I ended up choosing Matt's fine work on this Perfect Grade GP01. The insane amount of work and the technical skill to pull of such a fine perfect grade masterpiece is too overwhelming for me to not put Matt as the winner. 3 out of the 5 judges chose this build over the others.

View the rest of the finalists which made our job difficult at Gundam Guy's official post. Here is the link guys...

G-SHOT 2011 Best in Paint Job category entries

MG Hyakushiki modeled by seven6398

2012-01-25T02:09:00.000+08:00

Fellow blogger and MAC forums member SEVEN6398 has just finished a stunning Bandai Master Grade Hyakushiki.

Beautiful photographs that gives justice to his fine work. Seven shows off this finely built master grade with stunning finishing. The colors are just perfect and the poses are super nice to behold. A ton more photos and discussion of this masterpiece of a build by Seven6398 at MAC forums as usual. Now here is the link...

MG Hyakushiki modeled by seven6398

MG The O and Pet modeled by AMITNETZER1

2012-01-25T01:54:00.001+08:00

Just got home from the office and I figured I'd share a few works before retiring today.

I have here a very entertaining and beautiful piece of work from MAC forums member AMITNETZER1. He calls this build " The O and his Pet ". He did a superb job on the finishing of the glossy MG The O in a stunning orange color scheme and fitted it with a cool pet! Concept is very entertaining and refreshing at the same time and both kits are beautifully done.

Anyways discussion and a ton more photos of this stunning work at our MAC forums diorama section. Here is the link as usual guys...

MG The O and Pet modeled by AMITNETZER1

mini WAR GAMING table WIP - sand and paper mache

2012-01-23T10:20:00.000+08:00

I am too restless and uneasy during the last couple of weekends and can't focus much on my projects. My closest friends both in my Gunpla life and real life knows why. But I am glad I sort of managed to work a bit on the modular pieces of my mini War Gaming table commission project.

After shaving the styropors to shape, I then applied the usual tissue paper + wood glue all over the pieces ( with the help of my daughters ). I then applied the usual wood glue + sand ( fine aquarium sand this time ) on top of all the pieces. I lack the supplies and materials to continue on the other pieces like the water holes, hills, watch towers and the forest pieces though. I really need to re supply soon to keep on working on this project.

Anyways, the " ruins " piecs are primed and should be painting those soon. Will just let the wood glue cure and will be hand painting it soon. Now here are a few more photos...

UP NEXT

Up next will be the painting of the first set of modular pieces. The pieces primed below are the " RUINS " pieces. Just extra pieces with parts from an old Spawn action figure. All pieces should look old and rusted once painted. All pieces will be hand painted and weathered with Vallejo paints and pigments as usual.

Scratch Building Curvy Pla plate by JULIUS LIM

2012-01-19T11:34:00.002+08:00

Although I cannot work on Gunpla or any project on weekdays I still could squeeze time for the internet. I saw this great tutorial from one of the sickest scratch builders around in JULIUS LIM of Malaysia. The level of skill of Julius Lim is head and shoulders over the rest of us and he continues to show great stuff with every project.

This is basically a part of his ongoing 1/48 Sinanju Head Display project wherein he is scratch building the rest of the parts of the standard 1/48 Sinanju. Cool stuff that will sure inspire others in the community! Anyways the more complete tutorial and more photos of this at Juju's website. Here is the link guys...

PLAY PLAPLATE : CURVATURE PROFILE by Julius Lim

Black Templars Sword Brethren by AULON

2012-01-18T12:27:00.002+08:00

I am proud to present a different miniature art this time!

This Warhammer 40k Black Templars Sword Brethren, was modeled by MAC forums Moderator Pawel Cynk aka AULON of Poland. Aulon was the first ever champion of MAC forums when he won in our very first contest way back 2010. A pretty good Gunpla modeler who loves doing cool bases for his kits.

This time Aulon diversifies his craft by working on a Warhammer 40k mini figure. He maintains his cool weathered finishing on the mini and created a stunning base to compliment the kit. I am pretty sure this figure looks 10 times more stunning in person. Anyways more photos and discussion of this build at MAC forums. Here is the link guys...

Black Templars Sword Brethren by AULON

Junkbots Namcap modeled by RZERO1

2012-01-18T12:20:00.000+08:00

Good friend and MAC forums Moderator Raymond Celeste aka RZERO1 has just finished another crazy build!

This Raymond shares with us another one of his concept robots which is in line with his other " JunkBots ". Raymond was the originator of the concept mecha craze at MAC forums last year and he continues to deliver and give us a cool show of creative concept junkbots up to now.

Beautiful weathered finishing as always and creative crazy design. Tons more photos and discussion of this freshly done build at our MAC forums! Here is the link guys...

Junkbots Namcap modeled by RZERO1

1/100 Siren V Prominence Volk by MENNIE

2012-01-17T10:58:00.001+08:00

We've got yet another resin kit master at MAC forums! This time MAC forums member MENNIE of www.bustfactory.com shares with as an impressive 1/100 Siren V Prominence Volk. Huge kit with lots of stunning details and intricate designs. Required a ton of masking work and detail painting but mennie pulled it off masterfully!

Great color tones, crisp panel line work, flawless finishing and very nice photography that gave justice to mennie's fine work. Love both the look of the kit and how mennie gave life to it with his great resin modeling. A ton more photos and discussion of this build at MAC forums. Here is the link guys...

1/100 Siren V Prominence Volk by MENNIE

Spiderman kit modeled by NOYSAN

2012-01-17T10:27:00.003+08:00

Sleepless night for me as I was excited to tell my wife some good news. Anyways I just woke up and saw yet another stunning resin kit masterpiece at MAC forums.

I have here a beautifully air brushed resin kit of Spiderman modeled by new MAC forums member NOYSAN. Noysan's shading on both the blue and red areas of the costume is spot on and it gave the kit much more volume and muscle tone. Great job on the kit and very good photography too!

More photos and discussion of this build at MAC forums' resin kit section. Here is the link guys...

Spiderman kit modeled by NOYSAN

SD Sazabi modeled by CRYONIC

2012-01-17T02:39:00.001+08:00

I am proud to present a hand painted work from MAC forums Filipino modeler CRYONIC. Cryonic keeps on sharing great works in our forums and I almost never fail to notice them.

I love all the modifications so much as it complimented the kit very much. The mods are also nice and clean and the painting is really good specially for a hand brushed kit! Painted with Citadels, Cryonic pulled off a masterpiece of a build with this little piece of mecha art!

DO check out more photos and join the discussion of this build at MAC forums. Here is the link guys...

SD Sazabi modeled by CRYONIC

HG Nobell Gundam modeled by GUITARIST

2012-01-17T02:21:00.002+08:00

I am a bit too busy at work these days and MAC forum members just keeps on pouring great stuff in our completed section, thus my features are so late. It is better late than never though so I present to you another great work inside our forums.

I have here a very well presented and very well done 1/144 Bandai high grade Nobell Gundam modeled by ZeroGunz and MAC forums member GUITARIST. Guitarist is one of the many talented modelers from Malaysia who continues to share with us his awesome flawless and very crisp works of mecha art!

More photos and discussion of this stunning build at MAC forums. Here is the link guys...

HG Nobell Gundam modeled by GUITARIST

2012 Mecha Contest WIP - initial mods

2012-01-15T18:17:00.001+08:00

Started a little bit of work on my 2012 Mecha Contest entry for the modified plastic category earlier today. Not much progress actually. I stripped the PG Aile Strike of it's precious 30th anniversary clear armor parts and started with the basic shapes of the chest and as usual the crotch.

I also started a bit of work on the huge weapon which was made of 1.2 mm pla plates, 8mm clear plastic rod and a 5mm plastic rod. I basically need to scratch built huge armor pieces and sort of design my own. Scratch building on the fly without much reference adds to the challenge and the fun of this project. I hope I can pull it off. Needless to say I only plan to use the internals of the perfect grade kit and will not use any of it's armors. Maybe I will end up with a naked kit. lol

Anyways here are photos of the initial mods...

PG RX-78-2 modeled by SLIVER

2012-01-15T12:11:00.000+08:00

I have been away in the forums for a couple of days, and that feels like a couple of weeks at MAC forums as people ( members ) keep on pouring great stuff both in the work in progress threads and the completed section threads.

I have here today a masterpiece by MAC forums member SLIVER. Sliver did a great job on this old perfect grade RX-78-2 Gundam kit. He added subtle modifications that complimented the overall look of the kit and his painting is topnotch flawless work. He painted this masterpiece with Industrial grade spray cans but he used it so well producing such a good finish.

Anyways, gazillion photos of this build at MAC forums as usual. Here is the link guys...

PG RX-78-2 modeled by SLIVER

G-SHOT 2011 Best Straight Build WINNER!

2012-01-15T11:39:00.000+08:00

Although I was a bit late announcing this winner. I believe everyone knows it by now through GG. :)

The winner of this G-SHOT 2011 Straight Build Category is Henry Feng with his striking MG Sandrock build! Henry will be receiving a 1/144 Unicorn Gundam Banshee ( destroy mode and Unicorn mode ), 5 random Gundam markers and a 10$ GG Infinite coupon all sponsored by team Gundam Guy!

The photography is nice, simple and straight to the point! Nothing fancy with the pose either but the build itself is undoubtedly a very good straight build.

The color tones are very nice and somewhat unique. Finishing looks flawless from the photography and the decal work is pro level stuff. Clean, precise and stunning at the same time. Great stuff that deserves the win.

my TOP picks for G-SHOT 2011 Best Paint Job

2012-01-13T03:30:00.000+08:00

Here are my TOP picks for the ongoing Best Paint Job category of G-SHOT 2011!

Gundam Guy has just finished updating his post and has added all the approved entries in the Best Paint Job category. We ( judges ) will be consolidating our choices very soon. I have selected a few entries that caught my attention and I like the most and I have all those entries in this post.

No worries if your kit ( entry ) is not here in my post as I am just one of the 5 judges. Thus my picks are just 1/5th of the winner's votes. Fellow judges Toymaker, SydSked, Adam Sonar and of course Gundam Guy will be placing their votes soon! So stay tuned guys as we select and eventually announce the winner/s of this category.

For the meantime here are some photos of the entries I like the most ( in random order ).

custom RG Aile Strike Gundam by seven6398

2012-01-13T02:56:00.000+08:00

Just got home from work and just wanted to share something good from our forums. Another really good Real Grade kit this time by MAC forums member seven6398.

I really like the custom color scheme as it looks fresh on the Aile Strike Gundam. The gold parts are a nice touch and it sort of gave the kit a more complex look. Panel lines and decal work are very well done and the presentation is very well executed. Nice action poses too!

A ton more photos and discussion of this build at our MAC forums. Here is the link guys...

custom RG Aile Strike Gundam by seven6398

G-System 1/72 RX-93 HI-NU by Matt Tomczek

2012-01-12T12:58:00.002+08:00

Just want to share that my good friend and Mech Arts Community ( MAC ) Forums VIP member MATT TOMCZEK, has just finished another resin G-System masterpiece!

I present to you today a masterfully crafted and painted G-System 1/72 RX-93 HI-NU. This is yet another commission work and was mostly painted with Mr.Hobby lacquers. Aside from the obvious fact that Matt's painting and finishing is humanly impossible. Matt Tomczek has a very good eye for great color schemes and has always amazed me with his color scheme selections.

Anyways a ton more photos and discussion of this stunning work at MAC forums. Here is the link guys...

G-System 1/72 RX-93 HI-NU by Matt Tomczek

my 2012 Mecha Contest Entry Pass!

2012-01-11T03:00:00.001+08:00

It was a bit of a hassle getting the box as it is at the bottom of a 5 foot stack of MG boxes. But I should follow the rule.

Anyways my entry for our 2012 Mecha Contest at Mech Arts Community ( MAC ) forums will be my Perfect Grade Aile Strike Gundam clear version.I will be entering in the modified plastic category.I got challenged by my good friend Kenny Lim aka TOYMAKER as he will be using a PG Aile Strike Gundam as entry for the modified plastic category as well.

This was a gift from my friends from Singapore who came over in last year's MAC forums anniversary. Again special thanks to Joyce of HAG ( Hobby Art Gallery ) for this generous gift! Now I get to use it for a contest.

Basically to save the precious clear armors, I will be stripping / removing this kit of it's armors and will be trying to scratch built custom armor parts of my own design. I collected various concept robot artworks for my inspiration for this project yesterday. Wish me luck guys!

my 2012 Mecha Contest project - concept inspirations

2012-01-10T22:17:00.000+08:00

All concept robot art were taken from concept robots.blogspot.com

I have yet to submit my ENTRY PASS for the 2012 Mecha Contest at Mech Arts Community ( MAC )Forums. But I brought my entry kit here in the office and and is starting to brain storm some designs with the help of robot artworks I took from concept robots.blogspot.com.

I will keep it as a surprise for now on what kit I will be working on. But me joining our own contest is just a call to the ( friendly ) challenge of Kenny Lim aka Toymaker as he just submitted his entry pass yesterday.

My 2012 Mecha Contest entry is going to be sort of a Toymaker versus DC23 part 2! Anyways, I figured I'd share to you my great concept robot finds earlier today. This post will serve as my quick reference as I work on my project soon.

Needless to say, I vow to beat Kenny this time around! lol

TOYMAKER joins 2012 Mecha Contest at MAC!

2012-01-10T12:29:00.001+08:00

My good friend and former Face-Off buddy Kenny Lim aka TOYMAKER, has just entered and joined our 2012 Mecha Contest at Mech Arts Community Forums ( MAC forums )!

Kenny will be building a PG Strike Gundam complete with all 3 strike systems!

High profile modelers has joined the fun and the 2012 Mecha Contest at MAC forums will be a war! FichtenFoo is judging along side the creators Kamm and Sneeper1980. Now this makes me think if I could join too? I just resigned as MAC forums admin last week ( but I am back )... maybe I should resign again so that I could join? lol

Older Gunpla modelers like me do not join contests as much as before. Aor_or_die and I are not allowed to join Bandai competitions. Toymaker will no longer be joining Bandai contests from now on and Matt Tomczek and Matt Mrozek are not joining official contests as well. Toymaker joining the 2012 marks an almost complete line up of Gunpla masters in the 2012 Mecha Contest ( That does not happen even in Bandai competitions ). This sure is so fun to watch!

Should I be joining the party at Mech Arts Community ( MAC ) Forums as well??? :)

custom MG Epyon modeled by Ricky Bobby

2012-01-10T03:15:00.001+08:00

I am very proud to present another very good build from an up and coming Filipino modeler in Enrico Chu aka Ricky Bobby! Enrico is a new member of MAC ( Mech Arts Community ) forums and he shared with us a beautiful and stunning custom painted master grade Epyon.

This flawless painted kit was painted with industrial spray cans ( Bosny ) and Tamiya spray cans. I must say that the finishing is really good and is even better than a few airbrushed painted kits. Great handling of a very difficult medium. And the color scheme is very fresh too. A few decal work would make this great build perfect.

Anyways a ton more photos and discussion of this build at MAC forums. Here is the link guys...

custom MG Epyon modeled by Ricky Bobby

PMS-007 JAGUAR 1 WIP by aor_or_die

2012-01-10T02:15:00.000+08:00

I am very envious as all of my friends are joining our 2012 Mecha Contest at MAC forums ( 163 entries so far ). All the big names in Matt Mrozek, Matt Tomczek, Decay, Tember Gundam and even Toymaker has joined the fun! Lots of new, young and up coming Filipino modelers has also joined the 2012 Mecha Contest in amir anti yosi, krescenhaze, Davime and Gianshopao among others.

Lots of great entries to look out for so join in the fun today!

Content in watching this battle of mecha building at Mech Arts Community forums, I will just feature work in progress threads of entries that I like. Although it is almost impossible for me to keep track of all the entries but if your works are impressive, will sure shout it out here in my website. Simply put, impressive WIP threads in our 2012 Mecha Contest gets featured through out the contest ( until July 1st ).

First 2012 Mecha Contest WIP feature would be the work in progress thread of my good friend Omar aka aor_or_die of Italy! Omar is scratch building and scrap building a PMS-007 Jaguar 1 from various plastic and resin parts. He has casted a MG Sazabi head as the base shape and has progress well with the scratch built neck and face parts.

Although he has only finished the head up to the neck part, this build sure is looking very impressive already! Anyways join the discussion and see more photos of this 2012 Mecha Contest entry at MAC forums. Here is the link guys...

PMS-007 JAGUAR 1 WIP by aor_or_die

Resin Kit masterpieces modeled by OGAMI

2012-01-09T20:27:00.000+08:00

The MAC forums RESIN KIT section has been one of the best source of resin kit inspiration around the net since we started the forums back in 2010. Mainly due to the insane quality of the contributions of my close friends in Matt Tomczek and Matt Mrozek.

However we now also have great contributions from other resin kit masters in Sneeper1980, Kog, Ogami, Major Williams among others.
MAC forums VIP member OGAMI ( Ogamitaicho in DeviantART ) just unloaded ( uploaded ) so many resin kit figures in the forums. I normally feature them individually but thought of featuring his awesome works in one post. Insane, crazy and masterful painting displayed in every resin kit masterpiece.

Words cannot fully describe the awesome builds of Ogami so I'll leave you links to his masterpieces at MAC forums instead. Here they are guys... enjoy!

1/8 Human Mage - Lineage II

1/6 Dark Elf Orlando - Lineage II

1/2.5 Rei Ayanami

1/5 Dark Saint - Lineage II

1/6 Magician Caroline - Lineage II

1/7 Gouki ( Akuma ) - Street Fighter

1/5 Dark Elf Combat - Lineage II

mini WAR GAMING table WIP - styropors

2012-01-09T02:18:00.000+08:00

I bought 10 sheets of High Impact Plastic Sheets yesterday as I need it to serve as the base for the modular structures / pieces of this 4 feet x 4 feet Warmachine gaming table. And as I was working on the MG Zeta Karaba the whole day, my eldest daughter Nicole kept on telling me that she wants to start the War Gaming table project already.

I then paused on working on the Zeta and drew some loose shapes for my daughter to cut.

The plastic sheets are 1mm thick and it made my daughter's hands ache a little bit. Anyways I glued the plastic sheets onto thick styropors using an Elmer's Wood Glue ( not the white glue ). The wood glue although difficult to find is way stronger and is water resistant in comparison to the standard Elmer's white glue.

Once the wood glue dries, I will be able to shape the styropors to whatever I like. This post also serves as a reference for my client to see if I got the sizes of the modular pieces right. Here is the list of what me and my daughters plan to create...

2 forest bases with
3 pieces of trees on each forest
3 bases with ruins on it
2 thin but high walls
2 watch towers
2 water holes / lakes
2 Factories
2 huge hills